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J. JEPSON 8v G. H.' WILGOX.

IUE PITCHER.

No. 263,527. Patented Aug. 29, 1882.

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JOHN JEPSON ANI) GEORGE H. WILCOX, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, AS- SIGNORS TO THE MERIDEN BRITANNIA COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ICE-PITCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,527, dated August 29, 1882. .J

Application tiled July 31, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern Be it known that we, JOHN JEPSON and GEORGE H. WILGOX, ot'Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented anew Improvement in Ice-Pitchers; and we do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanyingdrawings and the letters ot' reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of 1o the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a side view, portions broken away to show sections; Fig. 2, a vertical central section Fig. 3, the hase detached.

This invention relates to an improvementin double-wall pitchers, 'the object heilig a coilstruction which will enable the employment ot' papier-mache or similar material for the outer wall; and the invention consists in the con- 2o struction, as more fully hereinafter described.

The general outline ot' the pitcher, as seen in Fig. l, does not or netd not differ materially from anyof the shapes orstyles in common use or well known, andin which A is the base; B,

z5 the outerwall; C, the neck; D, the spout, and E the handle. The outer wall, B, is made from papier-mache or any suitable material, separate and independent from the other portions of the pitcher. The base A is constructed with 3o a groove, c, at its upper edge, corresponding to and so as to receive the lower end of the outer wall, B. The neck C is made with a corresponding' groove, d, to receive the upper end of the outer wall, 13. 'To the neck the inner wall or vessel, F,is attached, so as to set within the outer wall and leave a space between the two, as seen in Fig. 2, and as usual in this class of pitchers.

To secure the parts together we employ several arms of metal, cfg h, the lower end made fast to the base by soldering or otherwise, as seen in Fig. 3, the length of the arms somewhat shorter than the height of the outer wall, and so as to stand vertically within the outer wall, and preferably so as to bear upontheinner surface ot' the wall, as seen in Fig. 2.

The spout D is formed on and as a part of the neck, its shell extending down onto the outer wall, as at @and in a position in line with 5o oneof thearms-sayc. Throughthelowerend of the spout-shell z' a screw is introduced, passing through the outer wall and screwed into a holo made in the arm e, as seen at m, Fig. l.

On the opposite sideJ the handle E is attached byits upper end to the neck C,and at its lower 'end a screw, a, is passed through the handle, the outer wall, and into the metal arm g, as seen in Fig. 1. The parts set together as seen in Fig. 2, the screws inserted, the neck and base are bound together by lneans of 6o screws through the handle and spout into the arms c g, inside the outer wall, and this securing heilig entirelyindependent of the outer wallthat is to say, the outer wall forms no part of the connection between the base and neck, but is itself held by means ot' the arms and the screws through the spout and handle. Thus no strain comes upon the outer wall, and

it may therefore be made of many materials which could not be used were it necessary to 7o secure the handle and spout to the outer wall.

This construction therefore gives an opportunity to make the outer wall of a highly-ornamental materiah'and other than metal, whereby a most beautiful article may be produced.

In ease the pitcher is designed to be supported in a frame on trnnnions r, these trunnions consist of a stud which is passed through the outer wall into the other arms,flt, inside of that wall. If such trunnions are Ilot re- 8o quired, then the armsflz. may be omitted.

Instead of employing the spout and handle as the means for securing the parts together, other projections may be made on the neck, which will extend down onto the outer wall, and through which screws may be introduced the same as through the handle and spout. We therefore do not wish to limit our invention to making the connection through the spout and handle. 9o

We are aware that pitchers have been constructed having an outer wall made of amaterial different from the neck and base, secured together; but we are not aware of such aconstruetion of pitcher in which the neck portion is secured to the base by means of screws or other equivalents through the spout and haudle, and through the outer wall into anarm, strip, or extension from the base.

What we claim, therefore, as our invention roo 1S- l. In a double-wall pitcher, the base and neck, each independent of the other, the outer wall made independent of both neck and base, the neck and base constructed with arms extending;r up within the outer Wall, with trunnious 1*,int1oduced through the outer wall and into the said arms, the said neck, base, and outer Wall secured together, all substantially as described.

2. In a double-Wall pitcher, the base and neck, each independent of the other, the outer wall made independent ot' both neck and base and constructed to rest at its ends, respectively, in the base and neck, the base constructed with arms extending up Within the outer wall, the neck with projections extending downward, and aconnection made through said projections from the neck into the arms inside the outer wall, substantially as described.

3. In a double-wall pitcher, the base and neck, made each independent of the other, the outer Wall made independent of both neck and base and constructed to rest a-t its ends, respectively, in the base and neck', the base constructed with arms extending up within the outer wall, the spout and handle attached to the neck and extending down onto the outer wall, with a connection made through said spout and handle into the arms inside the outer wall, substantially as described.

JOHN JEPSON. GEO. H. VILCOX.

Witnesses:

RICHARD W. MILES, GEO. E. SAVAGE. 

